Ergonomics Education for Union Health Professionals

Details

• Personal Author:
  Rodriguez M ; Samuels SW
• Description:
  Over the period of this project, 226 union health professionals were trained in recognizing workplace conditions which put workers at risk of injury or illness, in identifying solutions for effective change, and in using epidemiological and other methods to isolate problem areas and begin to effect change. This knowledge should allow the union health professionals to actively participate in joint labor management health and safety, or ergonomic committee work. An advisory committee composed of union and academic experts was established to guide in the development of curriculum and training materials. Continued revision and refinement of the training manual have been guided by the results of an evaluation of the current materials. Students completed evaluation forms which included ratings of the instructors and usefulness of the information and encouraged comments and suggestions. Participants were not enthusiastic about the use of the traditional lecture format, and suggested using an activity oriented format. Topics in the manual included ergonomic principles; basic anatomy and physiology; epidemiology; industrial engineering applications and the fundamentals of biomechanics; job analysis and time and motion study; manual materials handling, particularly lifting; industrial hygiene applications; and workplace stress. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Industrial-hygiene Job-stress NIOSH-Grant Physiological-response Risk-factors Training Workplace-studies
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00231890
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-105191
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Fund, Washington, DC 1994 Mar; :1-14
• Contact Point Address:
  Workplace Health Fund 815 16Th St N W Room 301 Washington, D C 20006
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Workplace Health Fund, Washington, Dist of Col
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19870701
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health Fund, Washington, DC
• End Date:
  19930630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:80b70fe469ac71903e5cfbdd132a925fb4961ef7034ae0ddaf018c28193dfc92e8c2b86288bba5e4c808207cf9cc01d2dc194731e24ba756530f34391d4fd908
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217859/cdc_217859_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 747.40 KB ]